The Secret History of a Ming Eunuch

Name: The Secret History of a Ming Eunuch
Author: Interesting Plantain

大明太监秘史

by Interesting Plantain (有趣的車前子)

Status: Completed
Length: 1.0M Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
Updated: 9mo ago
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While Zheng He's treasure fleet was still cutting through the waves of the Indian Ocean, he could never have imagined that a century later, in the Forbidden City, the eunuchs who followed in his wake would change the empire's fate in an entirely different way. From seven voyages to the Western Seas that won renown across the world, to Wang Zhen's disastrous defeat at Tumu Fortress, where he sent 500,000 soldiers to their deaths; from Liu Jin's brazen claim to be the “living emperor,” to Wei Zhongxian's unchecked power as the “Nine-Thousand-Year-Old”; from Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng's reforms and renewal, to Wang An shedding blood in the palace to protect the crown prince; from Chen Ju's steadfast integrity and efforts to save the empire from ruin, to Wang Cheng'en's martyrdom alongside his sovereign at Coal Hill; and finally, amid the setting sun of the Southern Ming, to the fateful choices of Han Zanzhou, who died for his principles in Qinhuai, and Lu Jiude, who opened the gates to the Qing: this epic will reveal how, over the Ming Dynasty's three centuries, the eunuchs at the pinnacle of power used loyalty and betrayal, ideals and ambition, to write the tragic saga of an empire's journey from golden age to blood-red sunset.

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